We'll let you know when Google reschedules the event.

On Friday, Ars told you we'd be liveblogging Google's Android event at Basketball City in New York, but today Google e-mailed our staff to say that it would reschedule the event due to the historically large hurricane that's set to hit the northern east coast late Sunday and continue throughout the week.

Google wrote:

We are canceling our Monday morning event in New York due to Hurricane Sandy. We will let you know our plans as soon as we know more.

Stay safe and dry,
The Android Team

Naturally, as soon as Google lets us know more, we'll let you know more about when you can expect a liveblog of the event that was meant to reveal specs for the widely rumored "Nexus 4," a phone manufactured by LG that could look very similar to the Optimus G.

Luckily, you'll still get your liveblog fix on Monday, as Microsoft is hosting an event on the other side of the country to introduce Windows Phone 8. That event will take place in San Francisco, which is forecast to enjoy partly cloudy skies and a high of 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

Microsoft has a WP8 event on Monday. How much of that press coverage will be drowned out by the storm? Sandy is a big deal because it's "threatening" the news hub of the nation. I don't see Microsoft faring too well against this storm.

Microsoft has a WP8 event on Monday. How much of that press coverage will be drowned out by the storm? Sandy is a big deal because it's "threatening" the news hub of the nation. I don't see Microsoft faring too well against this storm.

Microsoft's event is in San Francisco and the web has no one location. It'll do fine.

Same here – I'm an iOS user not even remotely thinking of abandoning ship,but I'd like to pick up a Samsung Galaxy Nexus to have a taste of life with Jelly Bean. Prices are not too shabby already (EUR 300 – 340 unlocked over here in Germany), but I'm hoping a Nexus 4 announcement will drive them down even more.

Sandy is a big deal because it's "threatening" the news hub of the nation. I don't see Microsoft faring too well against this storm.

Sandy is a big deal because of the danger a major hurricane poses to people/animals; virtually nobody I know in the West considers the East Coast the "news hub of the nation" aside from political junkies & Easterners. Either way, Microsoft will fare just fine, as the Internet continues to function for the rest of us even when the East Coast is having issues.

virtually nobody I know in the West considers the East Coast the "news hub of the nation" aside from political junkies & Easterners

You'd be surprised how little the west coast registers on the east coast. I think the World Series television ratings back that up. There is a reason why Google scheduled their press event in NY. Easy access for NBC, CBS, CNN, ABC. If the big networks are covering the hurricane (because it's a big story for the east coast and also a personal story for them), how much coverage will Microsoft's event warrant? WP is hard sell on the best of days, this doesn't work in their favor. News coverage will be dominated by the storm.

Shame they spelt "cancelling" wrong. That hurricane must have blown the other L away.

If you're going to be enough of a jerk to correct people about something such as this, you should at least know what you're talking about. The correct form for Associated Press style — which is the most commonly accepted style guide for news writing — is "canceling."

Shame they spelt "cancelling" wrong. That hurricane must have blown the other L away.

If you're going to be enough of a jerk to correct people about something such as this, you should at least know what you're talking about. The correct form for Associated Press style — which is the most commonly accepted style guide for news writing — is "canceling."

It's a shame you spelled "spelled" wrong. Spelt? This sounds more like "Smelt" like smelting (the process).

Anyway, I was looking forward to this event quite a lot. Any news on if they have rescheduled it? And good luck to those who will feel the wrath of this Hurricane. I've myself been through several Cyclones.

It is likely that Google is waiting for a more favorable time for product publicity. For the next few days, all major news outlets in the United States will be providing wall-to-wall hurricane coverage. Very little time will be devoted to relatively trivial stories such as gadget releases. Most other news during that period will go largely unnoticed.